Wearable Auxiliary Apparatus for Marking Electrocardiogram (ECG) Electrode Positions

ABSTRACT

The presently invented apparatus is an auxiliary marking clothing for the electrocardiographic electrode position (AMCEEP) includes a marking clothing main body, a clothing positioning structure is provided on the marking clothing main body, a plurality of electrode marking holes and electrode symbols corresponding to the electrode marking holes in one-to-one correspondence The clothing positioning structure includes a heart fossa hole, a navel hole and two armpit positioning vertical lines.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application seeks the same priority date of its patent application in China with serial No. or patent number 201921082274.4 filed on 2019 Jul. 11. The entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND BACKGROUND

The present invention relates to the field of medical and health care products. More specifically it relates to an auxiliary marking garment for determining electrode positions in electrocardiographic examinations.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Heart disease is the most important type of factor that harms human health and life. Most heart-related diseases can be found through electrocardiogram examination. Electrocardiogram examination is also the most important method for diagnosing various heart diseases. The interval between the onset of heart disease and the irreversible physical damage or even death of the patient is very short, and the timely detection of signs of heart disease is the key to successful rescue of heart disease patients. To this end, there is a large number of people and families who need wearable and DIY or self-help ECG monitoring. Healthy people want to be able to monitor their heart health status at any time, and adjust their living habits in time according to the monitoring results to maintain heart health. People at high risk of heart want to be able to detect their own electrocardiogram at home at any time, so as to find out the symptoms of heart disease in time, go to the hospital for medical treatment in time, and do not miss the best rescue time.

However, the placement of electrodes for normal ECG examinations requires a professional doctor who is familiar with the structure of the human body and has basic knowledge of ECG examinations. Ordinary people are unfamiliar with the structure of the body and do not have the medical expertise they deserve. I don't know where to put the different electrodes on the body. Therefore, although the price of the electrocardiography equipment is not high, the inspection process is simple and the level of automatic diagnosis It is also constantly improving, but it is difficult to enter the family and meet a large number of family monitoring needs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is to provide an apparatus, i.e., a clothing for assisting the marking of the electrode position of the electrocardiographic examination.

The technical solution adopted to solve the above problem is that: an auxiliary marking clothing for the electrocardiographic electrode position (AMCEEP) includes a marking clothing main body, a clothing positioning structure is provided on the marking clothing main body, a plurality of electrode marking holes and electrode symbols corresponding to the electrode marking holes in one-to-one correspondence The clothing positioning structure includes a heart fossa hole, a navel hole and two armpit positioning vertical lines.

Further, the marking garment body is made of elastic fabric.

Further: mark the body of the clothing as a T-shirt or vest.

Further, the main body of the marking garment includes a bust and abdomen cloth and two shoulder straps. The ends of the bust and abdomen cloth are connected by a velcro to form a cloth ring and the size of the cloth ring is adjustable. One end of the shoulder strap is made of the bust and abdomen cloth The other end of the shoulder strap is connected to the chest and abdomen girth by a velcro and the connection position is adjustable.

Further, the electrode symbol and the underarm positioning vertical line are printed on the marking clothing body.

The benefits of the present invention include:

1. The apparatus aims at the main difficulty for ordinary people to carry out electrocardiographic examination on their own, and designs a marking garment which can be worn by the examinee. When the examination is required, the examiner puts on and adjusts the marking clothing, so that the heart hole is aligned with the heart socket, the navel hole is aligned with the navel, and the two armpit positioning vertical lines are located vertically under the armpit. After adjustment, the hole of each ECG electrode will correspond to the position of the ECG electrode placed on the body. In this way, the examiner can easily mark the accurate electrode placement position on the body, and then take off the marking clothing, place the corresponding electrode on the corresponding body position, and then can perform the ECG examination. With this marking garment, anyone with the ability to act autonomously can complete an ECG examination at home, and submit the examination results to an intelligent diagnosis system or to the doctor via the network to obtain the diagnosis results. Not only does it save the cost of examination, but more importantly, it can shorten the diagnosis time to the greatest extent, help improve the health level, and also help people at risk of heart disease to seek medical treatment in the best time to rescue.

2. The apparatus utilizes the heart socket hole to align the heart socket, the navel hole to align with the navel, the two armpit positioning vertical lines are positioned vertically under the armpit to achieve positioning, and the clothing positioning method is simple and easy to implement.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the first type of auxiliary marking clothing for electrocardiographic examination electrodes.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a second type of auxiliary marking clothing for electrocardiographic examination electrodes.

FIG. 3 is an expanded view of the structure of the second auxiliary electrocardiogram electrode position marking coat.

The marks in the figures are: marking body 1, chest and abdomen cloth 1-1, shoulder strap 1-2, Velcro 1-3, electrode marking hole 2, electrode symbol 3, heart socket hole 4, navel hole 5, underarm positioning vertical line 6.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention will be further described below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, The auxiliary marking clothing for the position of the electrocardiogram electrode includes a marking clothing main body 1, a clothing positioning structure is provided on the marking clothing main body 1, a plurality of electrode marking holes 2 and one-to-one correspondence with the electrode marking holes 2 The electrode symbol 3, the clothing positioning structure includes a heart hole 4, a navel hole 5, and two armpit positioning vertical lines 6.

When the examination is needed, the examiner puts on and adjusts the marking clothing, so that the heart hole 4 is aligned with the heart socket, the navel hole 5 is aligned with the navel, and the two armpit positioning vertical lines 6 are located vertically under the armpit. After adjusting in place, each electrode marking hole 2 will correspond to the position of the electrocardiogram inspection electrode placed on the body. In a short-time one-time examination, the examinee can wear a marking garment for inspection, and stick the electrode through the electrode marking hole 2 to the body. When monitoring for a long time, the examiner marks the body position corresponding to the electrode marking hole 2, for example, use a watercolor pen to mark a point, then take off the marking clothing, and affix the electrode at the marking position; this can prevent long-term monitoring When the body moves, the marking clothes are shifted and the electrodes are distorted or touched.

The apparatus utilizes the heart socket hole 4 to align the heart socket, and the navel hole 5 to align with the navel. After the examiner puts on the marking clothes, firstly adjust the heart hole 4 to the heart hole, and the navel hole 5 to the navel, so that the clothes are worn correctly.

Each ECG electrode has a different function. The electrode symbol 3 identifies the electrode symbol corresponding to each electrode marking hole 2 to avoid wrong electrodes. The electrode symbol 3 can be printed on the marking body 1. The armpit positioning vertical line 6 can also be printed on the marking garment body 1. As mentioned earlier, in order to ensure the accuracy of the marking, the marking clothing should be worn close to the body. In order to ensure that the marking garment can fit snugly, the marking garment body 1 should be made of elastic cloth, such as spandex. The marking garment body 1 can be a T-shirt or a vest as shown in FIGS. 1-3. Marking clothes can have various sizes as common clothes to suit people of different genders and body shapes.

The marking garment body 1 may also be as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The marking garment body 1 includes a chest and abdomen girth 1-1 and two shoulder straps 1-2. 3 Connected to form a cloth ring and the size of the cloth ring is adjustable. One end of the shoulder strap 1-2 is made of a chest and abdomen cloth 1-1, and the other end of the shoulder strap 1-2 is connected to the chest and abdomen cloth through a Velcro 1-3 1-1 connection and the connection position is adjustable. The process of wearing this tagging garment is to first wrap the chest and abdomen circumference cloth 1-1 on the chest and abdomen, stretch the chest and abdomen circumference cloth 1-1 and paste the Velcro 1-3 to make the chest and abdomen circumference cloth 1-1 surround the body And stretch around the body to ensure tightness; then stretch the shoulder strap 1-2 and paste the Velcro to connect the shoulder strap 1-2 to the chest and abdomen circumference cloth 1-1 and ensure the chest and abdomen circumference cloth 1-1 up and down Taut. The design of the Velcro can make the pasting position adjustable. Compared with the previous design, the marking clothing of this design has a wider adaptability and can adapt to people of different sizes. 

1. An auxiliary marking clothing for the electrocardiographic electrode position (AMCEEP) comprising a main body (1) further comprising a clothing positioning structure, one or more electrode marking hole(s) (2), and its/their corresponding electrode mark(s) (3), wherein the clothing positioning structure comprises a heart nest hole/opening (4), a navel hole/opening (5), and two armpit positioning lines (6).
 2. The AMCEEP of claim 1 wherein the main body (1) comprises flexible clothing material.
 3. The AMCEEP of claim 1 wherein the main body (1) comprises a T-shirt or vest.
 4. The AMCEEP of claim 1 wherein the main body (1) comprises a piece of clothing covering chest and abdomen areas (1-1) and two shoulder straps (1-2), wherein two ends of the piece of clothing covering chest and abdomen areas (1-1) are connected via Velcro (1-3) forming a position-adjustable clothing loop.
 5. The AMCEEP of claim 1 wherein the electrode mark(s) (3) and the two armpit positioning lines are printed on the main body (1). 